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TIL that the 85-year-old daughter of an illiterate coal miner has been an international jewel thief for more than 6 decades

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XW48 TIL There’s a Battery in Oxford that’s lasted 176 Years and there’s no telling when it will run out of energy.
X5rD TIL We actually live about 80 milliseconds in the past because that’s how long it takes our brains to process information.
v1aAR TIL An $80M brand new shopping complex in Cleveland had to be almost completely abandoned because it was built on a land fill and methane was leaking into Walmart disturbing shoppers and the entire building started sinking. The EPA found methane was so high the parking lot could have exploded
XE1GX TIL there are dozens of treatments more effective than the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), which as a religious organization mentions God in 5 of its steps, has its own "bible", and believes that people who fail the program were born incapable of being honest with themselves.
yDQl TIL A man tried to get the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball in order to give an account of the game to his friend, as their legal disclaimer states is required. He never got it.